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2009
Welcome, visitors! The weather in New York today is quite nice. You should really try and stop by.VIEW
A photographer in Detroit chronicles buildings being reclaimed by nature. (From Boing2.VIEW
OK. I might need an iPhone 3GS now.VIEW
Congrats to my sister-in-law Shana, and her newborn 9-pound baby boy!VIEW
2008
Ouch. Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet.VIEW
How do you defeat terrorists? According to RAND, not by using the military.VIEW
2007
Would you like to see some 
ed-up old photos of lobotomies and learn more about the history of said procedure? The expression you're looking for is: hells yeah!VIEW
The Times discusses labor's excitement about the Democratic field. And by "labor", they mean "the AFL-CIO". Their prediction that no one will endorse early in the race is unlikely to be fulfilled, given how early folks came out in 2004.VIEW
If Wesley Clark is to be believed, within weeks of September 11th, the government was planning to take out seven countries in five years. Almost unbelievable. Almost.VIEW
Mother of the year?VIEW
Don't get me wrong - there hip-hop Chuck E Cheese rejects are pretty dope. But why does the lead singer have to be a gorilla?VIEW
2004
so a few weeks ago it came out that bush to pakis to capture a terrorist during the dem convention. unfortunately for bush, they got him a little early — sunday — so bush waited until yesterday to release the news. npr actually asked the pakistani gov't representative why the delay, and he said he didn't know, the us was calling the shots.VIEW
what a great splash screen! informative, beautiful — it adds a lot. also, notice the first menu item on the site itself.VIEW
something i've noticed since being on the west coast — everyone always says 'back east', even if they never lived there. it's as though the migration of the 1800's ingrained that phrase into the vocabulary.VIEW
officer down! (today is cop day!)VIEW
michael wrote: maybe you noticed the better weather too, pbump?VIEW
good old law enforcement.VIEW
2003
want to spend eight large on some plastic? nicole, maybe a birthday gift for your brother?VIEW
recall fun — the author of the amendment to the recall provision speaks out against the second vote.VIEW
now taking bets on how long it is before little mikes head appears in this picture.VIEW
notice that, when bush isn't trying to go to war, he doesn't bother to raise the terror alert level, despite an apparently specific threat.VIEW
celebrity partnerships. i'm sad that this interests me.VIEW
bush believes that marriage should be reserved for heteros. also, money should be reserved for whites.VIEW
actually, i believe that little mike's face will appear on this picture first.VIEW
nicole wrote: Could this be the future Mrs. GoVeg.com Bump?VIEW
2002
emperor loco wrote: phil. I think you should bake some cookies and send them to your mentor... He'll be needing them...VIEW
i know -- 8 years. i appreciate that the judge added extra time because she thought his actions showed a complete lack of respect for government. as reporters were asking him questions, the jackass only said 'all of ohio and america knows i've been railroaded.VIEW
before bed, a look at how racial distribution and the establishment of public housing in new york are related. 10:18 in running today -- probably just over a mile. i shall tear down the distances of segregatory distance -- i shall be the torchbearer of equity -- i shall truly overcome.VIEW
emperor loco wrote: is it true that Phil is stunned?VIEW
2001
a happy little story from salon about the dangerous levels of pollution in silicon valley thanks to (hardware) tech firms.VIEW
Jul 27th, 9:59 pm by pbump
Scooped Wonkette twice in one week.
Jul 25th, 10:08 pm by pbump
A few more thoughts. The leak paints a picture of ...
Jul 25th, 9:58 pm by pbump
Not all of the leaked documents are explosive. The...
Jul 24th, 2:50 pm by pbump
(Here's Orlean's piece.)
Jul 23rd, 1:22 pm by pbump
Here's the post in which I consider the current st...
Balloon Boy has taken over Twitter, every TV network, CNN.
Why? It's like a kid in a well, but the well is a spaceship.
God forbid the kid was at some point in the balloon. If he wasn't, his fear of getting in trouble with his parents is now no longer a valid concern. Fascinating, though, to watch how this has built over the past hour or so. A few tweets, then a flood - now live coverage everywhere. In minutes.
October 15, 2009, 4:06 pm. Tagged: news
Well, pro-choicers, we've lost. Abortion foes have discovered our Achilles heel: cupcakes.
By emblazoning cupcakes with pro-life mottoes like "God loves kids," "I love babies," and "Life," the nuclear option has been exercised. I dare you to try to explain to a young person that they should have the right to control their own body when a tiny, tasty cake says otherwise.
Curse you, conservative geniuses!
October 15, 2009, 2:53 pm. Tagged: idiots
Typographic moustaches are available in the Mercury, the Selleck and the Hogan.
October 15, 2009, 2:27 pm. Tagged: design
The national Chamber of Commerce just lost 90% of its membership.
Granted, they did so solely because they'd been vastly over-reporting their numbers for years, not because 90% of businesses in America wised up. But still. It makes a nice headline.
Curious what the before and after would look like? How big a change this is? It's pretty close to this classic.
October 15, 2009, 12:29 pm. Tagged: news
I am aware that I am geekier than most. You will therefore be unsurprised that I find this autonomous helicopter to be very cool.
October 15, 2009, 10:48 am. Tagged: tech
Pew Research polled people on their degree of political knowledge. Democrats, I'm sad to report, did worse.
October 15, 2009, 9:36 am. Tagged: politics
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New York Times, you've been trolled.
I understand why Fox puts Bachmann on TV, but why give her column inches?
October 15, 2009, 8:43 am. Tagged: politics
I love gadgety catalogs. This Japanese version featuring nifty space-savers I would like to sign up for, though my Japanese is subpar.
October 15, 2009, 8:38 am. Tagged: random
I try not to, but I really like John Mayer. Not only is he friends with the awesome Rob Dyrdek, but he gives good interview.
October 14, 2009, 9:29 pm. Tagged: high quality
For those keeping track, it has now been 40 years since anyone has released a popular song about pinball players - much less an opera.
October 14, 2009, 6:05 pm. Via Twitter.
The always-awesome Farm Sanctuary posts video of a baby sheep. As Brian Fellow would say, he's crazy.
October 14, 2009, 4:01 pm. Tagged: high quality
Not useful for productivity - Adult Swim now has complete episodes of the British version of The Office online.
October 14, 2009, 1:52 pm. Tagged: amusing
Picture in your mind what someone getting mad at a Walmart McDonald's would look like.
Now, compare:
How'd you do? Pretty much what you might expect, right?
October 14, 2009, 12:05 pm. Tagged: idiots
Exceptional deep blue sky with nearly no clouds. Which is why it's finally cold.
October 14, 2009, 10:11 am. Via Twitter.
Highlights of a blog dedicated to re-imagining the appearance of American money.
October 14, 2009, 9:27 am. Tagged: design
I know I'm not supposed to, but I like the new Republican website. It's a nice balance between retro and modern. Just don't read the writing. And don't be surprised when the occasional face of a fat white man pops up between the G and the P.
October 14, 2009, 8:56 am. Tagged: design
Fantastic vector bird prints, focusing on the color balance of the images.
October 14, 2009, 8:39 am. Tagged: design
Great news - salaries are up over 20% over last year!
The bad news - only on Wall Street.
Hedge fund manager, can you spare a dime? I mean, not that they don't deserve it, of course. And at least now we get a better sense of where the TARP money is going.
October 14, 2009, 8:14 am. Tagged: news
Boing Boing comes through with another great link. The blog Letters of Note reproduces famous or interesting letters from throughout history.
Take, for example, a letter from a newspaper publisher to the FBI, describing Elvis Presley's act as "a striptease with clothes on."
October 13, 2009, 7:10 pm. Tagged: high quality elvis history
See, this is why I needed the Internet as a kid. Washing your hands in cold water is as effective as in hot.
Now what, Mom?
October 13, 2009, 6:35 pm. Tagged: news
Interesting things I saw while getting lunch:
1. Two very large bells being transferred from a trailer into Carnegie Hall
2. Eliot Spitzer
October 13, 2009, 2:57 pm. Tagged: random
You can watch the conspiracy theories emerge via Twitter search in real-time.
Comment from pbump. October 15, 2009, 4:10 pm.